NHC-stabilized early main group species : reactivity and emerging catalysis

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Burnett, Stuart and Miller, Scott and Murphy, Fáinché and Weetman, Catherine E. (2026) NHC-stabilized early main group species : reactivity and emerging catalysis. ACS Catalysis. ISSN 2155-5435 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c08919)

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Abstract

N-Heterocyclic carbenes are commonplace in modern-day homogeneous catalysis due to their easily tunable steric and electronic features. Within the main group elements, NHCs have enabled the isolation of a range of complexes in unusual coordination environments and/or low oxidation states. With significant research efforts developing the transition-metal-like behavior of main group elements, emerging trends are now starting to showcase the potential of NHCs in enabling catalytic application of main group elements. This perspective highlights the potential of NHCs to transform main group catalysis, including a focus on relatively underexplored tethered and bis-NHC complexes for early main group elements.

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Burnett, Stuart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7124-2169, Miller, Scott, Murphy, Fáinché and Weetman, Catherine E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5643-9256;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:95630
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    27 February 2026
    Published
    27 February 2026
    Published Online
    20 February 2026
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:23 Feb 2026 16:26
    Last modified:11 Mar 2026 02:02
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/95630
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